OTTAWA – Candice Molnar has been hired as the CRTC commissioner representing the Manitoba and Saskatchewan regions.
"I’m delighted to welcome Ms. Molnar to the CRTC," said Josée Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, in the official press release. "She possesses extensive experience in policy and regulatory matters, including provincial and federal telecommunications regulation. Her experience and expertise will greatly benefit the CRTC in carrying out its mandate."
Molnar worked for SaskTel for more than 20 years in a variety of capacities. As general manager of customer services, she led a province-wide team of…
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OTTAWA – Shaw Communications has taken aim again at the Canadian Television Fund. In a full-page advertisement on the back of the sports section of Saturday’s edition of the Ottawa Citizen, Shaw asks: “What do you call a $250 million boondoggle?” The answer, also in all capital letters, reads the ad: “The Canadian Television Fund.”
The advertisement notes the CTF has lost is way, and has “little to show” for the $2.5 billion it has spent on promoting and developing quality TV programming in Canada.
“Who made the decisions to spend billions of your dollars only to achieve so…
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QUEBEC CITY – Canadian Heritage minister Josée Verner on Monday announced funding for a special broadcast of “La Fureur” on December 31, 2007, live from Quebec City.
The federal government will contribute $308,000 to the Canadian Foundation for Cross-Cultural Dialogue for the special broadcast. The program will be devoted to the 400th anniversary of Quebec City and the 10th anniversary of the Rendez-vous de la Francophonie.
“The 400th anniversary of Quebec City is an important celebration for all of French-speaking Canada, as is the 10th anniversary of the Rendez-vous de la Francophonie. We could not pass up the unique…
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TORONTO – Global Television has named this year’s winners of the Broadcasters of the Future Awards. They are Scott Best of Winnipeg, Felicia Hsuen-Ling Yap of Calgary, and Morgan Barrett Schaller of Wilmer, B.C.
The annual awards offer a series of scholarship, internship, and mentorship programs to encourage and aid talented Canadians toward establishing or furthering careers in the Canadian broadcast industry.
“We commend all of this year’s applicants for their hard work and interest in the broadcast industry,” said Kathy Dore, President, Canadian Television, CanWest MediaWorks. “The recipients of this year’s awards astonished us with the passion and…
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TORONTO – Emily Bellavy of Tecumseh, Ont. is this year’s recipient of the Alliance Atlantis Diversity in Broadcasting Internship, awarded in partnership with Women in Film and Television – Toronto (WIFT-T).
Bellavy begins her three-month internship this month, and will assist in the co-ordination of CRTC documents and research information on regulatory affairs and Government policy. She’ll also meet government broadcasting regulatory leaders in Ottawa.
The award will be presented to Bellavy at the Crystal Awards Gala Luncheon on Dec. 3, 2007 in Toronto.
The internship program offers an entry-level visible minority or aboriginal woman the opportunity to gain…
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MONTREAL – With the CRTC having indicated in its upcoming review of broadcast distribution undertakings and specialty services that it is prepared to let market forces begin to dictate how the TV industry works here, a group of artist and cultural business groups are demanding something different.
They have asked Canadian Heritage, Josée Verner, “to use her power to issue policy direction to the CRTC so that the Commission gives primary consideration to social and cultural factors, as required by the Broadcasting Act, in all its decisions to do with the broadcasting sector,” says a press release.
The release…
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OTTAWA – The 81st annual Canadian Association of Broadcasters convention kicks off this Sunday in Ottawa and runs through Tuesday, November 6th.
(Cartt.ca, which is a media sponsor, will be there with a team of reporters covering the sessions – and will also produce a printed show daily on-site.)
The 2007 convention theme, Broadcasting, Redefined, “targets issues of fundamental importance to the broadcasting and distribution industries: new technologies and platforms, new business models and partnerships, and new policies and regulations that will allow Canada’s private broadcasters to thrive in an increasingly complex global business environment,“ says the CAB.
There…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters said today that Global Edmonton news anchor Lynda Steele will be the 2007 recipient of the Gold Ribbon Award for Outstanding Community Service by an Individual Broadcaster.
Steele is passionately committed to community service, says the CAB, particularly in promoting literacy. “While Lynda has a special fondness for events that promote literacy, she has thrown herself behind several causes. She has been at the forefront of efforts to raise awareness about domestic violence, fundraise for cancer research, and find affordable housing solutions for Edmonton’s less fortunate,” says the CAB release.
She is…
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OTTAWA – Rémi Racine has been appointed to the board of directors of the CBC), Josée Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, announced today.
"Mr. Racine’s credentials will make him an excellent member of the Board of Directors of the CBC," said Minister Verner. "I am confident that his experience will greatly benefit the CBC."
Racine has been president, CEO and executive producer of Artificial Mind and Movement (A2M), a creator and developer of 3-D interactive video games, since 1999. From 1996 to 1999, he was CEO and executive producer of Behaviour Interactive and…
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MONTREAL – Telefilm Canada announced today that Michel Roy has been named chair of the corporation’s board. The announcement was made by Josée Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage.
Roy takes over from Fil Fraser, who has served as interim chair of Telefilm since February 2007.
“Michel Roy’s experience in public administration and his interest in the arts, television, music, and writing will make him an invaluable asset to Telefilm and the Canadian industry,” said Wayne Clarkson, Executive Director of Telefilm. “Our team welcomes him with great enthusiasm.”
Roy has a master’s degree in public administration from the Université du…
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